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**Helping students develop fluency with whole number combinations** Most students develop fluency with basic number combinations through 10 (addition and subtraction fact families, multiplication and division fact families) by the time they are in 4th grade, and fluency with multi-digit computation by 5th grade, but some middle school and high school students are still not fluent with "math facts" and multi-digit computation. Students can develop fluency quickly if you build on the combinations they know already, show them strategies for developing the other combinations, and give them engaging practice. The "Teaching Strategy" page explains this in detail.

**How to use this course**
This is a self-paced course. To get credit for 5 hours of online learning through this course, including SB-CEU's, you need to work sequentially through the first three pages of this wiki (Teaching Strategy, Addition Combinations, Multiplication Combinations) and use the materials (handouts) with your students. Use the discussion tab on each page to write a brief reflection of how well that section worked with your students, or what improvements you would make in it. When you have worked through the three pages and written reflections on each page, contact the facilitator, who will check to make sure you have submitted reflections and approve the SB-CEUs.

The pages on multi-digit computation contain resources and teacher background information that you may find useful. Please try any of suggestions and write reflections and suggestions for improvement on the appropriate discussion tabs.

The facilitator of this course is **Theron Blakeslee, Ingham ISD, 517-244-1201, tblakesl@inghamisd.org**.